India captain Virat Kohli had made it clear that the Indian Premier League form will have no bearing on the final squad that is being selected for the World Cup.
“I don’t see the IPL having any influence on World Cup selection. I think that will be very, very radical sort of analysis,” Kohli had said before the start of the Australia ODI series. “We need to have a solid team. Before we head into the IPL, we need to be absolutely clear of what team we want for the World Cup. I don’t see anything changing on how the IPL goes for any of the players.”
Despite that, all anyone is talking about when Indian players are in action in the ongoing edition of IPL are their World Cup hopes and form.
Will this fringe player make it to the 15? Will that former great force his way back into the squad? Can the ones who are just about hanging on to their place in the team, make their case certain? Be it the fans or the pundits, the World Cup question looms large over IPL for the first time in the tournament’s history, and in some cases, not just for India players.
With that in mind, we take a look at how the Indian players perform in the early part of IPL before the final squad is announced on 15 April.
The probables being considered here are based on our latest World Cup ladder (plus Shubman Gill as the 21st player).
This list will be updated on a daily basis during the IPL season.
How India World Cup probables are faring in IPL
| Players | Performance so far in IPL 2019 |
|---|---|
| Virat Kohli | 1) vs CSK: 6 off 12 balls 2) vs MI: 46 off 32 balls 3) vs SRH: 3 off 10 balls 4) vs RR: 23 off 25 balls 5) vs KKR: 84 off 49 balls 6) vs DC: 41 off 33 balls 7) vs KXIP: 67 off 53 balls |
| Rohit Sharma | 1) vs DC: 14 off 13 balls 2) vs RCB: 48 off 33 balls 3) vs KXIP: 32 off 18 balls 4) vs CSK: 13 off 18 balls 5) vs SRH: 11 of 14 balls 6) vs KXIP: DNP 7) vs RR: 47 off 32 balls |
| Jasprit Bumrah | 1) vs DC: 4-0-40-1 2) vs RCB: 4-0-20-3 (Player of the match) 3) vs KXIP: 3.4-0-23-0 4) vs CSK: 4-0-27-0 5) vs SRH: 3-0-16-1 6) vs KXIP: 4-0-38-1 7) vs RR: 4-0-23-2 |
| Kuldeep Yadav | 1) vs SRH: 2-0-18-0 2) vs KXIP: 4-0-32-0 3) vs DC: 4-0-41-2 4) vs RCB: 4-0-31-1 5) vs RR: 4-0-33-0 6) vs CSK: 4-0-16-0 7) vs DC: 2* off 2 balls / 4-0-28-0 8) vs CSK: 3-0-28-0 |
| MS Dhoni | 1) vs RCB: DNB 2) vs DC: 32* off 35 balls 3) vs RR: 75* off 46 balls (Player of the match) 4) vs MI: 12 off 21 balls 5) vs KXIP: 37 off 23 balls 6) vs KKR: DNB 7) vs RR: 58 off 43 balls (Player of the match) 8) vs KKR: 16 off 13 balls |
| Hardik Pandya | 1) vs DC: 0 off 2 balls / 4-0-41-1 2) vs RCB: 32 off 14 balls / 3-0-37-0 3) vs KXIP: 31 off 19 balls / 3-0-39-0 4) vs CSK: 25 off 8 balls / 4-0-20-3 (Player of the match) 5) vs SRH: 14 off 14 balls / 1-0-7-0 6) vs KXIP: 19 off 14 balls / 4-0-57-2 7) vs RR: 28 off 11 balls / 1.3-0-11-0 |
| Shikhar Dhawan | 1) vs MI: 43 off 36 balls 2) vs CSK: 51 off 47 balls 3) vs KKR: 16 off 8 4) vs KXIP: 30 off 25 balls 5) vs SRH: 12 off 14 balls 6) vs RCB: 0 off 1 ball 7) vs DC: 97*off 63 balls (Player of the match) 8) vs SRH: 7 off 8 balls |
| Kedar Jadhav | 1) vs RCB: 13* off 19 balls 2) vs DC: 27 off 34 balls 3) vs RR: 8 off 3 balls 4) vs MI: 58 off 54 balls 5) vs KXIP: Did not bat or bowl 6) vs KKR: 8* off 8 balls 7) vs RR: 1 off 6 balls 8) vs KKR: 20 off 12 balls |
| Bhuvneshwar Kumar | 1) vs KKR: 4-0-37-0 2) vs RR: 4-0-55-0 3) vs RCB: 3-0-25-0 4) vs DC: 4-0-27-2 5) vs MI: 4-0-34-1 6) vs KXIP: 4-0-25-0 7) vs DC: 2 off 4 balls / 4-0-33-2 |
| Mohammed Shami | 1) vs RR: 4-0-33-0 2) vs KKR: 4-0-44-1 3) vs MI: 4-0-42-2 4) vs DC: 0 off 1 / 4-0-27-2 5) vs CSK: 4-0-41-0 6) vs SRH: 4-0-30-1 7) vs MI: 4-0-21-3 8) vs RCB: 4-0-54-1 |
| Yuzvendra Chahal | 1) vs CSK: 4 off 12 balls / 4-1-6-1 2) vs MI: 4-0-38-4 3) vs SRH: 1 off 3 balls / 4-0-44-1 4) vs RR: 4-0-17-2 5) vs KKR: 4-0-24-1 6) vs DC: 1* off 1 ball / 4-0-36-0 7) vs KXIP: 4-0-33-2 |
| KL Rahul | 1) vs RR: 4 off 4 balls 2) vs KKR: 1 off 5 balls 3) vs MI: 77 off 57 balls 4) vs DC: 15 off 11 balls 5) vs CSK: 55 off 47 balls 6) vs SRH: 71* off 53 balls (Player of the match) 7) vs MI: 100* off 64 balls 8) vs RCB: 18 off 15 balls |
| Vijay Shankar | 1) vs KKR: 40* off 24 balls 2) vs RR: 35 off 15 balls / 1-0-13-0 3) vs RCB: 9 off 3 balls / 2-0-13-0 4) vs DC: 16 off 21 balls 5) vs MI: 5 off 10 balls 6) vs KXIP: 26 off 27 balls 7) vs DC: 1 off 2 balls / 2-0-17-0 |
| Ravindra Jadeja | 1) vs RCB: 6* off 15 balls / 4-1-15-2 2) vs DC: 4-0-23-1 3) vs RR: 8* off 3 balls / 2-0-23-0 4) vs MI: 1 off 2 balls / 2-0-10-1 5) vs KXIP: 4-0-24-0 6) vs KKR: 4-0-17-1 7) vs RR: 9* off 4 balls / 4-0-20-2 8) vs KKR: 31* off 17 balls / 4-0-49-0 |
| Ambati Rayudu | 1) vs RCB: 28 off 42 balls 2) vs DC: 5 off 5 balls 3) vs RR: 1 off 8 balls 4) vs MI: 0 off 1 ball 5) vs KXIP: 21 off 15 balls 6) vs KKR: 21 off 31 balls 7) vs RR: 57 off 47 balls 8) vs KKR: 5 off 11 balls |
| Rishabh Pant | 1) vs MI: 78* off 27 balls (Player of the match) 2) vs CSK: 25 off 13 balls 3) vs KKR: 11 off 15 balls 4) vs KXIP: 39 off 26 balls 5) vs SRH: 5 off 7 balls 6) vs RCB: 18 off 14 balls 7) vs KKR: 46 off 31 balls 8) vs SRH: 23 off 19 balls |
| Dinesh Karthik | 1) vs SRH: 2 off 4 balls 2) vs KXIP: 1* off 1 ball 3) vs DC: 50 off 36 balls 4) vs RCB: 19 off 15 balls 5) vs RR: DNB 6) vs CSK: 19 off 21 balls 7) vs DD: 2 off 3 balls 8) vs CSK: 18 off 14 balls |
| Krunal Pandya | 1) vs DC: 32 off 15 balls / 2-0-21-0 2) vs RCB: 1 off 2 balls / 4-0-28-0 3) vs KXIP: 10 off 5 balls / 4-0-43-2 4) vs CSK: 42 off 32 balls / 2-0-12-0 5) vs SRH: 6 off 13 balls / 2-0-9-0 6) vs KXIP: 1 off 2 balls / 2-0-17-0 7) vs RR: 0 off 0 balls / 4-0-34-3 |
| Umesh Yadav | 1) vs CSK: 1 off 10 balls / 3-0-13 -0 2) vs MI: 4-0-26-2 3) vs SRH: 14 off 9 balls / 4-0-47-0 4) vs RR: 3.5-0-40-0 5) vs KKR: DNP 6) vs DC: DNP 7) vs KXIP: 4-0-42-0 |
| Manish Pandey | 1) vs KKR: 8* off 5 balls 2) vs RR: 1 off 4 balls 3) vs RCB: DNB 4) vs DC: 10 off 13 balls 5) vs MI: 16 off 21 balls 6) vs KXIP: 19 off 15 balls 7) vs DC: DNP |
| Shubman Gill | 1) vs SRH: 18* off 10 balls 2) vs KXIP: DNB 3) vs DC: 4 off 5 balls 4) vs RCB: 3 off 3 balls 5) vs RR: 6* off 10 balls 6) vs CSK: 9 off 12 balls 7) vs DC: 65 off 39 balls 8) vs CSK: 15 off 20 balls |
| Khaleel Ahmed | Matches 1 to 6: Did not play 7) vs DC: 0 off 1 ball / 4-0-30-3 |
